The Watcher in the Water
Legendary Creature — Kraken · 9/9
The Watcher in the Water enters tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Whenever you draw a card during an opponent's turn, create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
Whenever a Tentacle you control dies, untap up to one target Kraken and put a stun counter on up to one target nonland permanent.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
Selling The Watcher in the Water?
We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of The Watcher in the Water, that's about $1.22 cash or $1.71 in credit.
All 7 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 734z | Nov 2023 | – | – |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 765 | Nov 2023 | – | $5.21 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 526 | Nov 2023 | $12.60 | $16.89 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 734 | Nov 2023 | $67.52 | $151.43 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 75 | Jun 2023 | $2.44 | $3.69 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Promos PLTR | 75s | Jun 2023 | – | $6.45 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 354 | Jun 2023 | $3.86 | – |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
Rulings
For the last ability, the target Kraken can (and probably will) be The Watcher in the Water. If it is, and if it has at least one stun counter on it, you'll remove a stun counter from it instead of untapping it.
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